Friday, August 5, 2011

July Fun

I hate to admit it, but I haven't been able to keep up with my 365 photo challenge that I gave myself at the beginning of the year.  July seemed to fly by and I know the rest of the year is going to get even busier with Matt going back to school soon.  Maybe I'll try again next year, but I do have quite a few pictures to share from last month.

Cooper is doing great!! 

He sleeps straight through the night most nights.  I often find him facing a completely different direction than how I put him down. 


Cooper started solids a few weeks ago and is up to two meals of solids a day as he is making his way through the fruits and veggies.  So far, he's had bananas, sweet potatoes, apples, carrots, and pears.  He loves to eat and some nights I can't get the food in his mouth fast enough.




Cooper is definitely a happy boy.  He's always smiling.  He loves to watch Aubrey and always turns in the direction of her voice.  He love music and still loves grabbing on to his toes.










Aubrey is having a fun summer.  She just finished up swimming lessons and is fearless in the pool, even though she's not quite ready to swim on her own.  She loves to jump in with her goggles on and touch the bottom. 

She loves to color, and it's fun to watch how she's starting to color specific things on her page instead of just scribbling across the page.  Last week, she brought home a paper from school with a picture of a train.  She had only colored the wheels, alternating between orange and brown.  She was so excited to ask me if I liked her pattern!


The other day, she showed me this note she had written.  Can you tell what it says?  This is the best free-hand version of her name she's done, and she did it all on her own.


When Aunt Meg and Grace visited back in April, they brought Aubrey a jewelry box she could paint and decorate herself.  She finally got to complete her project and was so excited to do it. 







Last weekend, Aubrey got her first summer haircut.  I brought her to the salon with me, and she waited patiently while I got my haircut.  She was so excited and behaved very well.  She still has her curls, they were just blow-dried that day.


Sunday, July 10, 2011

07/01/11 - 07/10/11


07/01/11 - We made a pit stop at LSU on our way to Metairie on Friday night.  Mike was out walking around.  This was Cooper's first road trip and first visit to LSU. 
07/02/11 - Cousins splashing in the pool!
07/03/11 - Grace and Aubrey swinging!
07/04/11 - Almost home!  Cooper and Aubrey did great on the ride to Metairie and back.  Both trips were long with stops and traffic slow-downs, but overall they both did great on the long rides.
07/05/11 - Cooper started cereal and of course Aubrey wanted to help. 
07/06/11 - My happy, happy boy
07/07/11
07/08/11 - Cooper and his toes!
07/09/11 - Saturday morning playing at home
07/10/11 - Two teeth!

06/30/11



Sleeping beauties!  I love how they are both sleeping in the same position.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Visit to the Butterfly Garden

We took a trip to the Cockrell Butterfly Center on Sunday.  It's part of the Houston Museum of Natural Science.  It was a beautiful garden with hundreds of butterflies flying about.  I could have stayed all day just taking pictures of all of the butterflies.


Here are just a few of the butterflies I was able to get pictures of:





Cooper is in such a happy phase right now.  He was perfectly content being held by Matt and I as we walked through the garden.  We are starting to venture out more as a family of four.

06/29/11

Aubrey gets the photo credits on this one.  She took it with her pink camera that Santa brought.  This is a pretty good shot - you can actually see both of our heads!

06/28/11

06/27/11

Dr. Aubrey listening to Cooper's heart

06/26/11

Trying out the Exersaucer

Cooper's First Time Rolling Over!

Now we can't keep him on his back.  He had been getting close for the past couple of weeks, so I was ready with my camera on this Sunday afternoon.  He was very proud of himself once he made it to his belly. 

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